Amecet N'ainapakin

Here is a recent picture of the beautiful people I have been working with, or at least most of them that is. The three other muzungus (white people) are now leaving me, returing to Holland but I hear more are coming to help out with the children.

Also I thought I would update you on my malaria condition. I am MUCH better!!! Thankyou so much for your prayers. I am still tired easily, but no other symptoms...its as if I never had it. Isnt God good?

Blessings!

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We are NOT destroyed!

"And we know that in ALL things God works for the GOOD of those who love Him, those who are called according to His purposes." - Romans 8:28
I just want to declare this as truth to all of us. We are not in this battle alone. He promised He would NEVER leave or forsake us. We are in the center of HIS strong hands and He is working for our good. I think that writing this out write now is just a reminder to me as well as an encouragement to you. I found out this morning after being really sick last night that I am in the beginning stages of malaria. And I say this not to gain sympathy but to remind us that we are not alone. I have been working through this idea the last hour and God has been reminding me of his faithfulness through emails and encouragements that I received today. He just kept saying "Lauren, you are more than a conqueror through me." And I want to declare that to you as well. You are more than a conqueror through Him who LOVED you. I don't know each person's situation, I don't know who will read this blog, but God does. He knows your name. He knows every hair on your head, and He is so in love with you. Be encouraged. He has never and will never leave you. He is walking with you in this rough spot.
One of my best friends, and my youth pastor, Angela, wrote me today and said it perfectly "Try to enjoy it even in the tough times. Remember Romans 5:1-11 - allow everything that is hard to develop perseverance in you, perseverance - character, and character - hope. And hope will never disappoint us!!" (Hope you don't mind me using that Ang!) We might be hard pressed on every side, but we are NOT CRUSHED. We might be perplexed, but we are NOT IN DESPAIR. We might be persecuted, but we are NOT ABANDONED. We might be struck down, but in the NAME OF JESUS - WE ARE NOT DESTROYED. Declare this. It is truth. I am working on declaring it myself now. You are not alone - remember this.
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may STRENGTHEN you with power through his Spirit in your INNER being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through FAITH. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in LOVE, may have POWER, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to KNOW this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be FILLED to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably MORE than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work WITHIN us, to him be GLORY in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." (Eph. 3:16-21)

In HIS STRONG hands,
Lauren

Sipi Falls

Sipi Falls! Today I went with a group from the YWAM Soroti base to Sipi Falls- a region bordering Kenya- and saw the majesty of Uganda. It was a much needed day off and God really gave me rest and reminded me of his amazing character and his unending love. It was a day just to rest in his arms.

I have finished my first week at Amecet and God has been teaching me and blessing me so greatly with those beautiful babies. Thankyou for praying for Dennis and Angela. Angela is now eating by herself and is eating a lot more! Dennis' fever left him and he is now smiling regularly.